Both Uses of
effervescent
in
The Scarlet Letter
- This effervescence made her flit with a bird-like movement, rather than walk by her mother's side.†
p. 213.3 *
- Little Pearl at first clapped her hands, but then lost for an instant the restless agitation that had kept her in a continual effervescence throughout the morning; she gazed silently, and seemed to be borne upward like a floating sea-bird on the long heaves and swells of sound.†
p. 220.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(effervescent) of a liquid: giving off bubbles (like a Coke)
of a person: bubbly (lively and enthusiastic) -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, effervescent can refer to a liquid that gives off a light spray as bubbles burst such in a bubble bath or some ocean waves.